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After finishing school, Archduke Lorenz made his military service in the regiment of [[Gebirgsjäger#Gebirgsjäger in the modern Austrian forces|Gebirgsjäger]] (''Alpine Hunters'') of the [[Austrian Armed Forces|Federal Austrian Army]] and was promoted as Reserve "Leutnant" ([[Second Lieutenant]]) in 1980.<ref>[http://familleroyalebelge.blogspot.be/2010/11/le-prince-lorenz-de-belgique.html Blog article] (''French'') about Prince Lorenz</ref><br>
After finishing school, Archduke Lorenz made his military service in the regiment of [[Gebirgsjäger#Gebirgsjäger in the modern Austrian forces|Gebirgsjäger]] (''Alpine Hunters'') of the [[Austrian Armed Forces|Federal Austrian Army]] and was promoted as Reserve "Leutnant" ([[Second Lieutenant]]) in 1980.<ref>[http://familleroyalebelge.blogspot.be/2010/11/le-prince-lorenz-de-belgique.html Blog article] (''French'') about Prince Lorenz</ref><br>
Lorenz studied economics at the [[University of St. Gallen]] in Switzerland and the [[University of Innsbruck]] in Austria. He worked at various banks in London, Paris, and Rome. In 1983 he joined the Gutzwiller private bank in [[Basel]] where he eventually became a Managing Partner. In 1993, he spent one year as a consultant to Swift, a company which provides services to the financial industry. In 1995, he became Advisor to the Board of Directors of [[BNP Paribas]] Bank in Paris. He is currently a director of [[UCB (company)|UCB]], a global pharmaceutical manufacturer.<ref>[http://www.ucb-group.com/investor_relations/CorporateGovernance/195.asp UCB: Board of Directors]</ref> He was formerly a director of Sita (a worldwide waste management company located in France) and of Ondeo Nalco (a water management company in
Lorenz studied economics at the [[University of St. Gallen]] in Switzerland and the [[University of Innsbruck]] in Austria. He worked at various banks in London, Paris, and Rome. In 1983 he joined the Gutzwiller private bank in [[Basel]] where he eventually became a Managing Partner. In 1993, he spent one year as a consultant to Swift, a company which provides services to the financial industry. In 1995, he became Advisor to the Board of Directors of [[BNP Paribas]] Bank in Paris. He is currently a director of [[UCB (company)|UCB]], a global pharmaceutical manufacturer.<ref>[http://www.ucb-group.com/investor_relations/CorporateGovernance/195.asp UCB: Board of Directors]</ref> He was formerly a director of Sita (a worldwide waste management company located in France) and of Ondeo Nalco (a water management company in
the United States).<ref>[http://www.investors.ucb-group.com/VisitorsWeb/Staging/group/biographical_cards/HRHPrinceLorenzofBelgium.asp UCB: H.R.H. Prince Lorenz of Belgium] {{Dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref>
the United States).<ref>[http://www.investors.ucb-group.com/VisitorsWeb/Staging/group/biographical_cards/HRHPrinceLorenzofBelgium.asp UCB: H.R.H. Prince Lorenz of Belgium] {{wayback|url=http://www.investors.ucb-group.com/VisitorsWeb/Staging/group/biographical_cards/HRHPrinceLorenzofBelgium.asp |date=20040918054909 |df=y }}</ref>


==Patronages==
==Patronages==

Revision as of 05:19, 11 January 2016

Prince Lorenz
Archduke of Austria-Este (more)
Prince Lorenz at the wedding of the Crown Princess of Sweden in 2010
Head of House of Austria-Este
Period7 February 1996 – present
PredecessorRobert
Heir apparentAmedeo
Born (1955-12-16) 16 December 1955 (age 68)
Clinique du Belvédère, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
IssuePrince Amedeo
Princess Maria Laura
Prince Joachim
Princess Luisa Maria
Princess Laetitia Maria
Names
Lorenz Otto Carl Amadeus Thadeus Maria Pius Andreas Marcus d'Aviano
HouseHouse of Austria-Este
FatherArchduke Robert of Austria-Este
MotherPrincess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta
Styles of
The Archduke of Austria-Este
Reference styleHis Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative styleMonseigneur

Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 16 December 1955) is a member of the Belgian Royal Family and an Austrian-Belgian citizen.[1] Since 1996 he is also head of the House of Austria-Este, a branch of the formerly Imperial Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Early life and marriage

Prince Lorenz was born in Clinique du Belvédère, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, as the second child of Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este and of Archduchess Margaret, born Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta.

On 22 September 1984 in Brussels, Lorenz married Princess Astrid of Belgium, the only daughter of the then Prince and Princess of Liège, former King Albert II and Queen Paola. The couple have five children:

Education and career

After finishing school, Archduke Lorenz made his military service in the regiment of Gebirgsjäger (Alpine Hunters) of the Federal Austrian Army and was promoted as Reserve "Leutnant" (Second Lieutenant) in 1980.[2]
Lorenz studied economics at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He worked at various banks in London, Paris, and Rome. In 1983 he joined the Gutzwiller private bank in Basel where he eventually became a Managing Partner. In 1993, he spent one year as a consultant to Swift, a company which provides services to the financial industry. In 1995, he became Advisor to the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Bank in Paris. He is currently a director of UCB, a global pharmaceutical manufacturer.[3] He was formerly a director of Sita (a worldwide waste management company located in France) and of Ondeo Nalco (a water management company in the United States).[4]

Patronages

Since 2004, Lorenz has been the honorary president of the Council of the Koninklijke Vereniging der Historische Woonsteden van België/Association Royale des Demeures Historiques de Belgique.[5] Since 2005, he has been the Patron of Europae Thesauri, an association of European cathedral and church treasuries.[6]

Lorenz has also served as deputy chairman of the Société des Amis of the Almanach de Gotha.[7]

Titles and styles

  • His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary (1955–1995)
  • His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary (1995–1996)

As head of the House of Austria-Este (which reigned over the sovereign Duchy of Modena until its annexation to Italy in 1859) since his father's death on 7 February 1996, Lorenz bears the title Archduke of Austria-Este, which was made hereditary according to male primogeniture by declaration of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on 31 October 1914 (following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este) and was confirmed by Imperial Austrian letters patent, both of which conferred it (with the traditional coat-of-arms of the House of Austria-Este) upon Lorenz's father, Archduke Robert, on 16 April 1917,[8][9][10] and has been confirmed for Lorenz by specific reference in Article IX.1 of the constitution of the Kingdom of Belgium. In addition he also bears the traditional Austrian titles of "Prince Imperial of Austria" and "Prince Royal of Hungary",[8][9] "Croatia and Bohemia".

The Este suffix descended by male primogeniture and is borne by Lorenz and his successors as heads of the Austria-Este cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.[8][9] The title "Prince of Belgium" was granted to him by Royal Decree of 10 November 1995 by his father-in-law, King Albert II of the Belgians.[11] Depending on the situation, Lorenz is thus legally and formally styled HRH Prince Lorenz of Belgium, or internationally otherwise HI&RH Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este or simply HI&RH The Archduke of Austria-Este.

His children by Princess Astrid bear the titles "Prince(ss) of Belgium" – by Belgian decree of 2 December 1991, in addition to their traditional Austrian titles -, "Archduke/Archduchess of Austria, Prince(ss) Imperial of Austria, Prince(ss) Royal of Hungary".

Honours

See also: List of honours of the Belgian Royal Family by country

National honours

Foreign honours

Military ranks

Ancestry

Family of Prince Lorenz of Belgium
16. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria
8. Archduke Otto Franz of Austria
17. Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
4. Charles I of Austria
18. King George of Saxony
9. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
19. Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
2. Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
20. Charles III, Duke of Parma
10. Robert I, Duke of Parma
21. Louise Marie Thérèse of France
5. Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
22. Miguel of Portugal
11. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
23. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
1. Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
24. Amadeo I of Spain
12. Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta
25. Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Princess della Cisterna
6. Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta
26. Philippe, Count of Paris
13. Princess Hélène of Orléans
27. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
3. Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta
28. Robert, Duke of Chartres
14. Jean, Duke of Guise
29. Princess Françoise of Orléans
7. Princess Anne of Orléans
30. Philippe, Count of Paris (= 26)
15. Princess Isabelle of Orléans
31. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (= 27)

Notes

  1. ^ nomination in the board of "SIX Management SA"
  2. ^ Blog article (French) about Prince Lorenz
  3. ^ UCB: Board of Directors
  4. ^ UCB: H.R.H. Prince Lorenz of Belgium Archived 2004-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Association Royale des Demeures Historiques de Belgique: Conseil d'Administration
  6. ^ Europae Thesauri: Membres.
  7. ^ Almanach de Gotha, Société des Amis de l'Almanach de Gotha
  8. ^ a b c Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 44,50. French
  9. ^ a b c Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstlicher Hauser Bande XIV, C.A. Starke Verlag, Ligne, Limburg, 1991, pp. 92–95. German
  10. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 240. ISBN 0-220-66222-3
  11. ^ Velde, François. Heraldica.org. Titres Royaux en Belgique, section 2.3 (French) accessdate = 31 July 2011.
  12. ^ http://portal.belgaimage.be/editorial/image/2207182/advanced-search/index:3-size:20-pos:3-scrollTop:138
  13. ^ http://portal.belgaimage.be/editorial/image/2207185/advanced-search/index:3-size:20-pos:2-scrollTop:381
  14. ^ http://m.zimbio.com/pictures/T-O7FNe5xVf/Wedding+Danish+Crown+Prince+Frederik+Mary/xpR6rS9GC12/Prince+Lorenz
  15. ^ http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/3161029.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD3DF6170BCC68F91783DEB5532B9E09FFD2F33CBC3A7CF08B
  16. ^ Belga Pictures, State visit of President Herzog in Belgium (1998), Group Photo
  17. ^ http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/archive/1353171525.html
  18. ^ http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/prince-nikolaus-princess-margaretha-prince-lorentz-princess-news-photo/73644825
  19. ^ http://3.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:23472085:preview:watermark
  20. ^ Photo from the Royal Family's official website
  21. ^ presidential website
  22. ^ http://3.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:3513160:preview:watermark
  23. ^ Photo
  24. ^ http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/vizita-regala-belgiana-in-romania/
  25. ^ http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/seara-la-castelul-regal-peles-12-septembrie-2015/
  26. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  27. ^ https://younghotandroyal.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/wedding-2010-0619-belgium-astrid-belga3.jpg
  28. ^ http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/0000378959-031/royal-couple-of-sweden-on-state-visit
Prince Lorenz of Belgium
Born: 16 December 1955
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Archduke of Austria-Este
1996 – present 		Incumbent
Heir:
Archduke Amedeo
Austro-Hungarian royalty
Preceded by Line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne
4th position 		Succeeded by
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